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Hoda Kotb deepfake (Jun 2025)
Hoda Kotb, former Today host, was used in a deepfake YouTube advertisement to promote sketchy weight loss tricks, specifically Exi Shred diet pills. The deepfake used an altered version of a real video and was…
- Incident date
- Jun 2025
- Target
- Hoda Kotb
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Hoda Kotb, former Today host, was used in a deepfake YouTube advertisement to promote sketchy weight loss tricks, specifically Exi Shred diet pills. The deepfake used an altered version of a real video and was sophisticated enough to slip past YouTube's ad review process.